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‘He loved his job,’ says grandfather of N.L. sailor who died during navy training exercise
Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin of Shoal Cove West died Friday after his inflatable boat capsized during Royal Canadian Navy sea trials in the Bedford Basin, just north of Halifax Harbour.
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Military police probing death of sailor after navy boat capsizes in Halifax Harbour
Military police are investigating what caused one of the navy’s small boats to flip Friday night, killing Gregory Applin, one of the two sailors on board. The rigid-hull inflatable, known in the ...
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Navy identifies sailor who died after boat capsized in Halifax harbour
Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic, told reporters in a news conference on Monday in Halifax that Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin was a crew member of HMCS Montreal.
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Navy identifies sailor who died in Halifax-area basin incident, says 911 call came in
Petty Officer Second Class Gregory Applin, 38, of HMCS Montreal was a weapons engineering technician who had just returned from a deployment to the Indo-Pacific in October. He had served with the ...